DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/20 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 74.9 - - 72.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 257 - - 169 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5793 - - 6142 - - 4069 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4890 - - 4937 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6682 - - 7031 - - 4958 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1999 - - 2480 - - 4240 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 474 - - 424 - - 126 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 13 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 295 - - 301 - - 318 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1275 - - 996 - - -280 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5408 - - 6035 - - 5238 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 293 - - 52 - - -1441 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6389 - - 6979 - - 6399 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 75 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 90 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 74.9 - - 72.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.0 - - 51.6 - - 53.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.2 - - 73.9 - - 73.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.7 - - 50.4 - - 52.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 257 - - 169 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5793 - - 6142 - - 4069 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 0 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98979 27 089 28 094 25 078 98979 91430 25 090 23 068 21 074 91430 85644 19 087 21 080 20 091 85644 80854 20 089 18 088 17 085 80854 76726 18 090 14 082 16 066 76726 73088 8 080 10 108 12 037 73088 69794 6 108 7 120 6 005 69794 66754 8 019 5 025 6 341 66754 63935 12 346 12 311 18 322 63935 61212 19 263 18 262 22 280 61212 58371 15 298 12 302 15 282 58371 55411 32 289 31 296 28 305 55411 52590 37 285 37 279 39 293 52590 50056 46 288 44 287 48 289 50056 47788 53 288 55 290 55 290 47788 45731 58 289 59 290 60 292 45731 43850 64 292 63 293 64 296 43850 42122 70 292 70 295 69 296 42122 40534 73 291 74 296 71 301 40534 39070 77 288 77 292 76 304 39070 37704 76 283 71 288 76 301 37704 36385 73 282 67 289 74 299 36385 35042 70 283 67 292 73 299 35042 33641 66 288 68 293 71 299 33641 32187 65 297 68 293 69 298 32187 30664 70 301 67 295 69 297 30664 29060 70 304 64 296 68 298 29060 27378 68 304 59 290 63 297 27378 25617 66 302 55 288 59 297 25617 23782 61 298 55 293 57 298 23782 21879 57 295 52 295 52 299 21879 19901 53 294 49 297 47 298 19901 17841 46 295 44 296 43 299 17841 15743 39 297 38 295 36 294 15743 13726 33 295 35 296 32 292 13726 11892 31 291 32 290 30 294 11892 10269 27 295 24 291 23 293 10269 8835 25 298 19 295 18 290 8835 7560 23*296 18*295 17 289 7560 6424 21*294 16*296 14 291 6424 5416 20 293 14 299 13*293 5416 4525 16 294 14 300 11*303 4525 3736 16 295 13 301 10 314 3736 3029 15 296 13 302 10 319 3029 2403 15 297 13 304 9 322 2403 1880 14 297 12 305 9 324 1880 1479 14 297 12 304 9 325 1479 1202 13 298 11 305 8 325 1202 1034 12 298 10 305 8 326 1034 938 10 298 9 305 6 326 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography